US Pork, Beef Exports Both at Record-Setting Pace to Dominican Republic

U.S. pork exports to Dominican Republic from Jan.-Aug. 2026 increased 23% by volume and 22% in value over year-ago, reaching $212.3 million. U.S. beef exports grew 19% by volume and 37% by value from Jan.-Aug., reaching $121.8 million.

As the top tourist destination in the Caribbean and the seventh-largest export market for U.S. red meat, the Dominican Republic (DR) offers untapped growth potential for U.S. beef and pork. What distinguishes the DR, says Lucia Ruano, USMEF’s representative for Central...

Canada Regains Market Access for Beef Exports to the Dominican Republic

Today, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announced that the Dominican Republic (DR) has approved imports of Canadian beef and beef products, including offal, from cattle of all ages. This decision restores access to an important Caribbean market for the first time since 2003, when the DR imposed restrictions following Canada's initial case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE).

The DR reopened its market following an audit of Canada's beef inspection system conducted by the Dominican Republic's General Directorate of Medicines, Food and Health Products (DIGEMAPS) and the General Directorate...

FAO and USDA Join Forces to Contain African Swine Fever in the Dominican Republic

African swine fever (ASF) is one of the most devastating diseases affecting pigs, capable of wiping out entire herds and threatening livelihoods across the livestock sector.  When the Dominican Republic confirmed the presence of ASF in 2021 — the first detection in the Western Hemisphere in over 40 years — the risk extended far beyond the country’s borders, raising concern across the Americas.

In response, the Government of the Dominican Republic launched a National Swine Biosecurity Plan with technical support from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United States Department of Agriculture’s...